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Building bridges and providing healthcare takes real resources, not just money. Real resources are of course scarce but money to the US government isn't. This

by blfr 9y ago

Building bridges and providing healthcare takes real resources, not just money. Real resources are of course scarce but money to the US government isn't. This is why it doesn't matter (to the government-owned bridges at least) what some number in a brokerage account shows.

gdffdfgfd 9y ago
While you are right to take a materialist viewpoint, this is not correct. For instance, US industrial capacity is estimated to be at about 75% utilization. We are FAR richer than we pretend to be. Why is it underutilized? Probably because of monetary reasons. https://theintercept.com/2017/10/03/donald-trumps-disgusting-remark-on-puerto-rico-is-more-revealing-than-he-knows/ https://theintercept.com/2017/10/03/donald-trumps-disgusting...